About Us

Jagruti is a non-profit making voluntary organization registered under Society Registration Act, working for the Tribal, Dalit, women, Children and other vulnerable communities of Kandhamal, Koraput and Kalahandi districts of Odisha since last three and half decades.

Jagruti was born on 15th November 1982. It was registered as a voluntary organization under the Societies Registration Act’1860 in the year 1990. Right from the beginning, Later on, it was registered under the Societies Registration Act in the year 1990. From the beginning, Jagruti has had a conviction of placing people’s needs and collective action above issues and projects. The approach from its very inception has been people-centered, involving people groups in each activity; be it the identification of problems, planning, monitoring, and assessment.

The first few years Jagruti engaged itself in extensive Motivation and Sensitization programs covering 14 Gram Panchayats in 6 Blocks (Daringbadi, Baliguda, Kotagarh, Phiringia, Tikabali and G.Udayagiri ) of Phulbani (Now Kandhamal) District in Odisha. Later on, the organization extended its operational area to three more districts (Boudh, Kalahandi, and Koraput). During the initial phase of the organization, the focus was on building the Peoples Organisation with emphasis on Pre-Primary Education and organizing Health Awareness Programs. These were years of toils and hardships. Once the People’s organizations were formed a lot of important issues were effectively addressed.